65 lines
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65 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200709-04">
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<title>po4a: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability has been discovered in po4a, allowing for a symlink attack.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">po4a</product>
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<announced>September 13, 2007</announced>
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<revised>September 13, 2007: 01</revised>
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<bug>189440</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/po4a" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.32-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.32-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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po4a is a set of tools for helping with the translation of
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documentation.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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The po4a development team reported a race condition in the gettextize()
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function when creating the file "/tmp/gettextization.failed.po".
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A local attacker could perform a symlink attack, possibly overwriting
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files with the permissions of the user running po4a.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All po4a users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/po4a-0.32-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4462">CVE-2007-4462</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:28:00 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:28:12 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:20:41 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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